Filmboxd Logo

Filmboxd

2005

Water

Directed by Deepa Mehta
For Five Years, Extremist Groups Waged A Campaign of Death Threats, Arson and Riots To Stop The Production of "Water." But The Filmmakers Were Not To Be Silenced.

The year is 1938, and Mahatma Gandhi's groundbreaking philosophies are sweeping across India, but 8-year-old Chuyia, newly widowed, must go to live with other outcast widows on an ashram. Her presence transforms the ashram as she befriends two of her compatriots.

Duration

1h 55m

Released

September 8, 2005

Revenue

$10,422,387

You´re not logged yet? Do it here

6.8

Rating117

Views0

Likes0

Lists22

Cast11

  • Lisa Ray
  • Sarala
  • John Abraham
  • Seema Biswas
  • Waheeda Rehman
  • Vinay Pathak
  • Rishma Malik Scott
  • Manorama
  • Raghubir Yadav

Part ofThe Elements Trilogy

Includes Water (2005), Earth (1998), and Fire (1997).

View the collection

Recommended Films

  • Project: Tinman
  • Karle Pyaar Karle
  • Yaariyan
  • The Piano
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Fat Girl
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Hasee Toh Phasee
  • The Holiday
  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  • Copying Beethoven
  • Nowhere in Africa
  • When Saturday Comes
  • A Real Young Girl
  • Forces of Nature
  • The Muleteer
  • Huesera: The Bone Woman
  • Take My Eyes
  • The Virgin Suicides